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A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
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American heavy lift military aircraft with 4 piston engines, 1946
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1953 U.S. Air Force plane crash in Japan
The Tachikawa air disaster occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, June 18, 1953, when a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board. At the time, the crash was the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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